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SCCBA Appoints Berliner Cohen Attorney as Barristers Chair
July 17, 2009
The Santa Clara County Bar Association has selected Kate Wilson, Berliner Cohen employment law attorney, as chair of SCCBA’s Barristers Executive Committee. Ms. Wilson previously served as a member of the committee, which includes SCCBA members 36 years of age or under and admitted to practice for less than five years. The Barristers sponsor MCLE programs and host activities for young lawyers. She also participated in the Barristers Leadership program in 2008 – a program designed to prepare future leaders of the SCCBA.
At Berliner Cohen, Ms. Wilson represents companies on employment matters at administrative hearings, fact-finding conferences, and settlement conferences. She assists clients in drafting personnel policies, employee handbooks, settlement agreements, and separation and release agreements. Ms. Wilson provides training in workforce sexual harassment, discrimination and retaliation, and conducts audits of workplace policies and procedures.
Berliner Cohen’s experienced employment and labor trial attorneys advise and represent employers of all sizes on a full range of legal issues affecting the workplace, including harassment and discrimination, unfair competition and trade secrets, wrongful discharge, wage and hour issues, and labor disputes. Berliner Cohen is one of the largest and oldest law firms in San Jose serving the business and regulatory needs of private business and public agencies. For 40 years, the Firm has developed the special expertise required by a diverse client base consisting of nationally recognized business interests and a number of Silicon Valley’s largest national and multinational corporations, new ventures, leading real estate developers and brokerages, cutting-edge technology companies, healthcare and other service providers, banking and financial institutions, municipalities, public agencies and individuals. Berliner Cohen also meets the growing demands of the San Joaquin Valley with its expanding office in Merced.